People · China
Juntao Ruan (阮俊涛)
3×3 · top 2.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025RUAN03
Juntao Ruan (阮俊涛) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.75, set at Guilin Open 2026, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 881st in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since October 2025, he has put 55 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.75 in October 2025 to 7.75, a 28% improvement. Juntao has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.75 | 9.89 | top 2.4% | 881 / 28,499 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.56 | 15.81 | top 5.4% | 508 / 5,994 | |
| 2×2 | 4.47 | 5.37 | top 32.6% | 5,663 / 15,939 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 22 Aug 2026First sub-10 3×3: 8.36 at Beihai Open 2026.
- 19 Oct 2025First competition: Guilin Open 2025. A 10.75 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guilin Open 2026 · 18 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanning Open 2026 · 23 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Beihai Open 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guilin Open 2025 · 19 Oct 2025
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Zijian Cai (蔡子健) — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jun Wen (文俊) — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zixiao Wei (韦梓骁) — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.75 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,239 people have one; it is 1.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.